"Shooter" bucks... what does it mean to you?
 

Alright, a shooter buck means something different to pretty much everybody for lots of different reasons... My question is what do you personally consider a "shooter" buck? To me and the places that I hunt a deer that I field judge very near P&Y is a shooter to me. I know that when one of my buddies refers to a shooter, he (or she) is talking about a deer in that will go at least in the mid 120's. I was just curious to others' thoughts.

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either a buck that will go above 150 unless he is 3.5 years old or any genetically inferior 4.5 or older buck

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I hunt public property... If its an 8 point.. Its a shooter

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my goal is 130" and up.

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Inside spread past ear width
8pt minimum, though 10pt ideal

140"+ min, 150"+ better
3.5yo ideal min. age

may consider taking a"management buck" this year

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Shooters for me around my place will gross in the 130's like the girls are holding, but you better be ready to eat tag soup waiting for one. I have shot 3 in 11 seasons and thats 2 more than anyone else I know of around here. Now any thing with 6 or more points on its head and nice full hind quarters is dead meat around my Wife.

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Nice mounts and great grandkids, Sliver.


A shooter buck to me is what ever I like at the time. Usually I try for something pretty decent, 140+.

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Thanks Greg, they come to Pa Pas house and play with deer horns (I tell them they are antlers, but they call them horns) and Bear skulls.

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4.5 year old or older
4pt = 135 plus
5pt = 145 plus

Last day of season - diminutive spikeand bigger. :D

Tim

p.s. This is before factoring in ground shrinkage. [&:]

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With all the doe tags I am allowed meat is no problem.
So as of right now mostly 130's or higher.

Silver nice room pal, most of those kills in Northern, MI? Damn good if they are
due to tough hunting up there.

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The private land we own is terrible for growing big deer and the public land is way over hunted so anything bigger than what we call a "basket rack" is a trophy in my area.

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its brown its down

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A shooter for me is a mature deer for the area, I like to target 3.5 year olds and older regardless of what they carry on their head

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Im still fairly new to this sport, but if its 3.5+ it will be down. I have been known to slip though...[:@]

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Due to my current situation ...... not a ton of deer and only two doe allowed....... it depends on how full my freezer is ....


See my sig

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A shooter buck would be a buck that I want to shoot.

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A harvestable deer on our property is usually at least an 8 and never under the age of 2.5 years old. Where we live bucks rarely get to 4.5-5.5 years old so we're not to the point yet of harvesting geneteically inferior deer. We also try to make an effort in doe harvests to harvest does out a wide array of age classes in order to keep the age structure balacned.

Clearly. I think the post is referring to whether or there is a restriction as to point number, size or age class in the area in which you hunt.

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I have started trying to let anything under 3.5 walk. Sometimes it is hard to do that when you hunt public land, but if I don't pass him up there is now way he will get older.

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Antlers take up too much space in the freezer. Nuff said.

Seriously, with the hunting pressure around here, if I see an eight point, it is a great day. That is my goal.

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Ground shrinkage is a bugger!

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For me its gotta be 130" and up.

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No Tony, just the 2 the Girls are holding and the ones on the left and right on the back wall. The one on the right is my Wifes.
She has another good one at the taxidermist right now we need to go pick up.
The one in the center back wall is from Kentucky, and the ones you can see on the left are from Kansas.

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For me anything in the 130 range will open season but i wont hesitate to shoot something unique that may score less.

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I've been pretty lucky the last handfull of years to have gotten a few deer (Bucks & Does)...
This year I am looking for a 3.5 year or older buck that would fall in the 120"+ range.
However, my doe tag will probably get filled before this happens, this way I'll have more patience with my goal.;)
Another thing I'll consider is if it's getting closer to muzzle/rifle season, as we all know, this brings out the additional pressure
and might make me think about taking anything over a basket 6 pointer before the war zone starts???
Depends on my sighting as well!

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3.5 and 120" +
Preferably closer to 130", but I'll give myself 10" of ground shrinkage. ;)

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Im still pretty new at this game so I dont have as high of ambitions as soem of you guys.

I have a goal to kill a buck over 100" with my bow next fall. That may not seem like a big deal to alot of you guys but i would be thrilled:D

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Your the only one that counts!

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I've set my standards a little high for this year after finding a set of sheds scoring around 156, so he's my shooter buck for this year. But normally, 140+ is my standard. Which I have yet to kill yet.

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I get a bunch of tags for Does so When it comes to Buck time I usually wait for a big one, Bear in mind big to me is 8 points or more (no inches here) I am just not patient enough to wait for the Big Papa to come strolling through I get to excited.

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8 point that I feel like shooting. I can't sit here and say I won't shoot a buck unless he's got X inches of horn on his head. If he's an 8 point, and I decide I want that one.....I'm shooting him. Period.

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#.5 and older bucks are the deer that I'am after.

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In PA with my longbow I would like a simple 2.5yr old or better standards are subject to change with my mood and how I feel. Definitely not trophy hunting here in PA, I like the simple feel of just deer hunting.........in IL a 3.5yr old or better has been the goal.

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BREATHING. As long as he comes by breathing he's got a good chance of being shot at.

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on our illinois trip every yr. 140" on our lease in georgia 120" 125" is probably getting an arrow shot at it.

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Haha, that's funny right there. I love the honesty gutshot.:D

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Haha, thats great. Depending on the day, thats how i feel sometimes

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I have never attempted to label ###" of antler. Hopefully, we all shoot exactly what we feel like shooting. I have passed up deer I otherwise would have taken, simply because it was early in the season and I did not want to stop hunting yet. It is the hunting that does it for me.

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I plan on holding out for something 130" plus. But if it is a unique rack or some freak I'll adjust on the fly.

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Thats what I was thinking, but that only goes for shotgun season. Now archery season on the other hand, 120"